HOUSTON, Texas, July 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas posted the following news release: * * * Ada Ngozi Otuka, British citizen, guilty of illegal voting in U.S. elections * HOUSTON - A 63-year-old foreign national who resided in Katy pleaded guilty to illegal voting by aliens and false claim to citizenship. Ada Ngozi Otuka admitted she illegally voted in the 2020 federal election. She also pleaded guilty to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen when filling out her Texas voter registration and state more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Tours Milwaukee Elections Operation Center as Trump Lays Groundwork for Election Interference * MILWAUKEE, WI - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) toured the City of Milwaukee Elections Operations Center, taking up the City of Milwaukee's offer to Vice President JD Vance to see firsthand the extensive security and accuracy measures in place. Following the tour, Baldwin held a discussion with Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Mil more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 31, 2026, by Alexander Motyl, professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark: * * * Ukraine-Poland: Testing History to Destruction The two neighbors are mutually dependent in fighting the Russian menace. They should remember this when historical disputes erupt. - 2026 is the Year of Jerzy Giedroyc. Americans may be forgiven for not recognizing one of Central Europe's leading 20th-century democratic intellectuals, but Poles hav more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 31 [Category: Health Care] -- The Missouri Hospital Association posted the following news: * * * CMS Releases Final Hospice, IRF, IPF And SNF Payment And Policy Updates For FFY 2027 * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the final federal fiscal year 2027 Medicare payment and policy updates for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility, Inpatient Psychiatric Facility, Skilled Nursing Facility and Hospice Prospective Payment Systems. The following is a summary of the proposals. IRF PPS * Market  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Critical Questions Q&A on July 30, 2026, involving former Europe, Russia and Eurasia Program team members Donatienne Ruy and Emma Buelte: * * * A Far-Right Breakthrough? Germany's AfD on the Brink of State-Level Governance In September, Saxony-Anhalt, one of Germany's 16 states, might witness a first for the country since World War II: A far-right party could win the absolute majority of seats in a state parliament, appoint the minister-president,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 10-90): * * * The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) reauthorizes and re-obligates Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (Enhanced A-CAM) support for Elizabeth Telephone Company, L.L.C. (Elizabeth Telephone) Louisiana Study Area Code (SAC) 270430, and Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) support for CableSouth Media III, LLC d/b/a Swyft Fiber Louisiana SAC 279061 (collectively, transferring S more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Litigation Bernegger v. FEC (Case No. 26-213) On July 22, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Amend the June 10, 2026 and July 6, 2026 Minute Orders to Include Certification for Interlocutory Appeal Under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1292(b) and, in the Alternative, for an Extension of Time to Effect Service and a Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 31 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hochul and Attorney General James Announce New York Has Sued Kalshi for Running Illegal Gambling Operation * NEW YORK - New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James today announced that New York has sued KalshiEX, LLC (Kalshi) for running an illegal gambling operation in New York through its prediction market platform. Kalshi launched in 2021 as a service that allowed users to bet money on the outcome o more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 30 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Lamont Statement on the Recent Spread of Misinformation * (HARTFORD, CT) - Governor Ned Lamont today released the following statement: "On July 13, Cooper Whiteside, a Danbury resident and Bridgeport police officer, and Brittany Islami, a New Milford resident and mother of three, were tragically killed in a motor vehicle crash in Danbury. I've heard how devoted Officer Whiteside was to his family and how he dedicated his life more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 31 -- Gov. Abigail Spanberger, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Spanberger Restores Voting Rights for More Than 66,000 Virginians * RICHMOND, VA -Governor Abigail Spanberger announced today that since taking office in January, her administration has restored the right to vote for 66,085 Virginians who were formerly incarcerated. Virginia is one of three states with a constitution that permanently disenfranchises citizens with past felony convictions -leaving restoration of rights entire more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Colleagues Introduce Bills to Protect American Elections Amid Threats to Voting from Trump Admin, Dark Money Influence * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined his Democratic colleagues to introduce two bills - the Stop Harassment and Intimidations in Elections through Legal Defenses (SHIELD) Our Elections Act and the Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act - to strengthen and protect American elections. Both bil more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 31 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Governor Hochul and Attorney General James Announce New York Has Sued Kalshi for Running Illegal Gambling Operation * Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James today announced that New York has sued KalshiEX, LLC (Kalshi) for running an illegal gambling operation in New York through its prediction market platform. Kalshi launched in 2021 as a service that allowed users to bet money on the outcome of a wide range of futu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: New Research Finds a National Abortion Ban is a Top Dealbreaker for Battleground Voters * Less than 100 days before Election Day, new research from Reproductive Freedom for All and Impact Research shows that reproductive freedom remains a defining electoral issue in battleground races that will determine control of the U.S. House. Backing a national abortion ban is a top dealbreake more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Kudlow on Fox Business Network Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Kudlow on Fox Business Network to discussIran's failed attack on U.S. military forces, the impending American response, the Republican agenda ahead of the 2026 Midterms, and the importance of passing the SAVE America Act. Key Excerpts on Iran strikes: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): "It's the combination of the full force of the American Military making  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by David Bean, chairman of the Indian Gaming Association, Tacoma, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets": * * * Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Davis, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for holding this hearing to examine the lack of consumer protections in prediction markets. My name is David Bean, more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The House Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development released the following testimony by Carl Kennedy, partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, New York, from a July 21, 2026, hearing entitled "Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in Sports Event Prediction Markets": * * * Chairman Dusty Johnson, Ranking Member Don Davis, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to share my views on the regulation of predict more PR

LONDON, England, July 30 [Category: International] -- Amnesty International issued the following news release: * * * Nicaragua: Constitutional reform seeks to dismantle the right to participate in public affairs * In response to the constitutional reform initiative put forward by the Nicaraguan authorities to extend the presidential term and permanently exclude from electoral processes people labelled by the government as "traitors" or "coup plotters", Amnesty International warns that these measures represent a further step in dismantling t more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 1 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by senior transportation policy analyst Marc Scribner: * * * Trump's Department of Transportation unevenly advances deregulation as transparency declines The 2026 Unified Agenda lists 315 active rulemaking projects at the U.S. Department of Transportation. - The White House Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) published on July 3 the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions along with the an more PR

LONDON, England, July 31 -- The Royal Holloway-University of London issued the following news: * * * Royal Holloway awarded PS5million to fund 'Next Generation Democracy' doctoral programme * Royal Holloway has been awarded a PS5million Leverhulme Centenary Doctoral Scholarship grant from the Leverhulme Trust to establish its 'Next Generation Democracy: A Leverhulme Doctoral Programme on Adolescent Citizenship.' The programme will fund the training of up to 30 PhD scholars to investigate how 16 and 17 year-olds will shape, and be shaped, b more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following floor remarks on July 29, 2026: * * * Banks Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor Calling for Immediate Action to Protect American Elections Today, Senator Banks (R-Ind.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor calling for immediate action to secure America's elections. He warned that foreign adversaries, particularly Communist China, are actively working to interfere with America's elections and urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to immediately protect American Dem more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, issued the following floor remarks on July 30, 2026: * * * Thune Urges Colleagues to Support Clean, Bipartisan Bill to Fund the Government "Mr. President, next week, our top priority will be funding the government until [after] the November election. "The American people have faced two - two - record-breaking government shutdowns in the past 10 months. "We need to ensure that they do not face a third. "We owe the American people some certainty here. "They should no more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 31 [Category: Law/Legal] -- Fortify Rights, a team of human rights defenders, issued the following news release: * * * Thailand: End Legitimization of Myanmar's Military Regime, Expand Political Engagement with Democratic Alternatives * (BANGKOK, July 31, 2026)-The Thai government should use Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing's planned visit to Thailand in August to demand tangible progress on a return to real democratic rule, broaden engagement with Myanmar's democratic actors, and increase pressure for accounta more PR

NEW YORK, July 31 -- The Peter G. Peterson Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Voters Deeply Concerned about National Debt, Inflation and Affordability * As Congress weighs a new reconciliation package that could add to federal deficits, and with a government funding deadline looming before the mid-term elections, a new Peter G. Peterson Foundation survey shows Americans are deeply concerned about the rising national debt and its effect on the cost of living. The U.S. Fiscal Confidence Index in July remains at 39 (100 is neu more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 30 [Category: Religion] -- The World Council of Churches posted the following news: * * * WCC General Secretary, leadership of South African Council of Churches meet with South African H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa * World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay and the Presidium of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met with H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa, the President of the Republic of South Africa on 30 July 2026. Pillay was accompanied by Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka, Presiden more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on July 31, 2026: * * * What They Are Saying: Election Security Comes Before August Recess Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) is urging the Senate to cancel its August recess and remain in session until Congress passes the SAVE America Act. Senator Banks was among the first Republican Senators to support President Trump's call for lawmakers to stay in Washington until the election integrity legislation is passed. The SAVE America Act would strengthen election integri more PR